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US 5,496,203 AGranted
Balloon valve assembly
OwnerRobert H. Murrayinventor
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Abstract
A balloon valve assembly for use in inflating balloons which contains a tube portion with a passageway, and a head portion adapted for insertion into the neck of an inflatable balloon which has a bottom wall forming a flange, an orifice through the bottom wall, and a side wall extending from the bottom wall and defining a substantially non-circular outer surface of the head portion. A valve flap member is mounted to the bottom wall of the head portion for sealing the orifice in the bottom wall.
Claims23
A balloon valve assembly for use in inflating balloons, the balloon valve assembly comprising:
- (a) a tube portion including a passageway therethrough, a first free end, and a second free end;
- (b) a head portion adapted for insertion into the neck of an inflatable balloon, said head portion being connected to said second end of said tube portion and having a bottom wall forming a flange to said second end, an orifice through said bottom wall communicating with said passageway, and a side wall extending from said bottom wall and defining a substantially non-circular outer surface of said head portion, wherein said non-circular outer surface has a cross-sectional shape defined by a major axis and a minor axis, and wherein the ratio of the length of said major axis to the length of said minor axis is at least 1.2;
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- (c) a valve flap member mounted to said bottom wall for sealing said orifice in said bottom wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.